Mego Museum and its members of different ages...

[MIB41]

I was born in the mid-60's but really did my growing up in the 70's. Mego action figures were a revolutionary moment for it's day. And if you were a kid like me that loved the '67 Spiderman, but needed your mom to draw and cut out Spider-man from paper so you would have something to continue those adventures, then Mego becomes even greater in context. This company started something that was already festering in the hearts and minds of kids everywhere. Action Jackson was the first to give that idea form. And then the world changed forever when the World's Greatest Superheroes arrived. Have you ever had someone ask you where you were when something historical took place? Well for many of us, that was the very dialogue that brought us to the Mego Museum.

[torgospizza]

I turned 13 in 1980. Although the main part of my childhood was in the 70s, I still picked up stuff now and then, like Mego's Buck Rogers and 12" Superman (since the Chris Reeve movie came out the previous school year). I even bought a couple of the first series RAH Joes and MotU He-Man and Skeletor in '82,but apart from Kenner ESB figures, I was pretty much done with toys by then. Didn't really buy anything else until Tim Burton's Batman came out. So even though I have a foot in the 70s and one in the 80s, Mego was huge for me. WGSH, Trek, and PotA were a very big deal for me growing up. When I think back on all the toys I had as kid, Mego was the company making the stuff I loved the most.

[johnmiic]

I was born in `69. I had Megos as a kid including Micronauts. I want them back plus the ones I didn't get, plus all the new ones coming out. So I joined here to do it.

[jimsmegos]

I was born in '73, another hybrid kid. I WISH I knew the answer to this question. I really do. There is something magical about the mego style, scale, look, all of it. I really can't describe why I have the fascination that I do for these toys. It goes much deeper than just nostalgia. Whenever I do figure it out though I will write a book about it.

[Bizarro Amy]

Twisted Toyfare Theater

[mikeMc6]

I think I am a perfect example of what hardyGirl ponders, someone in their 30s (for now!) who hardly ever had or even SAW megos yet obsessively collects them now and inundates the mm site with posts.
SW absorbed my life unhealthily and I feel collecting anything nostalgic is a bit depressing and navel gazing(for me)
Growing up with hard plastic figures with minimal accessories then seeing a mint Green Arrow is a visual treat as a collector like myself can attest
As a garage sale picker who sees so much, finding any megos is so crazy rare and thus piqued my initial interest while endlessly garage sailing
I am loath to using new technology (no facebook and such) but I find the crew here on mm charming and amusing. Delving into mego arcania distracts me from my job and responsibilities in a relaxing and positive way. I keep telling my wife this beats poker or soulless you tube addiction or whatever fill in the blank hobby I could have instead
I have always been drawn to things that exude joy. Megos, at the height of their mortal powers, exuded the possibilities of joy.

[Bionicfanboy66]

I was born in 1966 which made me part of the target demographic for the toys and cartoons of the 1970's.

[Den82]

I was born in '82, so I grew up with all the 80's toy lines.

I got into Star Wars before the Power of the Force 2 line hit in 1995 and there was NO Star Wars stuff on toy shelves. At the same time, my parents were big into antiques and Depression Glass, so they were always traveling around looking for it. On these trips, I'd buy the vintage Star Wars toys.

I always liked old stuff. I have some awareness of Mego, but always thought it was untouchable and really high end. But then I started to find it.

No archeologist was alive when the Dinosaurs were walking the earth, so I don't think it should come as a surprise at all for people to like toys that were around before they were born. Same thing with people who collect these mechanical antique toys and banks.

[Vermillion-Windmere]

I was born in the early 70's and had older cousins that had tons of Megos. I got a lot of hand me downs and also my parents would pick them up for me at yard sales and consignment stores. A few years ago, I picked up a carded Kirk and Spock at a Flea Market. Ever since then I have been on a tear to collect decent display worthy loose figures. I started out just collecting the ones I had as a kid and now I have made it my mission to have one of each! I am almost there too aside from the Robin Hood, Knights and Pirates lines. I will get there though.

[Mikey]

Your affluence also designates some of your toys.

I was born in the mid 60's but had earlier than my birth toys like Marx playsets, tinker toys etc because they were outdated and cheap and usually on sale in discount stores.

[vintage spideyfan]

I too am a younger member (early 30's). I have little to no memories of the 8" line, as it was pretty much a done deal by the time I came along. However, I do have vivid memories of the 3 and 3/4" lines, particulary Pocket Heroes and the Dukes line. Those memories are what lead me to the Museum. What is so great about this place is the diversity. Not just the members, but the varying interests. I couldn't see myself spending the multiple hours a day that I do here if the board was confined to discussion of the 8" lines. It's not that I don't care for the 8" lines. They just happened to be a later discovery and don't hold the nostalgic value that the 3 and 3/4" lines do, at least for me. This site is an invaluable resource to collectors and by far the coolest place on the web.

[raider5gt]

I was born in 1969 (in my 40's now) I grew up with some Megos,Spiderman,Batman,Zorro,Dr Who and Micronauhts,came to the Museum to find out more about these figures that I grew up with because I stumbled across my childhood Spidey and some broken Micronauhts stuff and wanted to know what else was out there,as I had a massive nostalgia trip of how these figures gave me endless fun and adventures,so here I am.Got bitten by the Star Wars bug but also played with Airfix soldiers,Action Man,Six Million Dollar Man,to name but a few toy lines.Now I hunt the car boot fairs,toy shows and antique markets to fill me Mego hunger,oh and the Market Place.

As vintage spideyfan fan typed,this is an invaluable place and the wealth of knowledge is 2nd to none,also it's filled with top notch people too.